I don't think that a wiki page for HardwareSupport is that a good idea

[Ben Edwards]

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:46:23 -0400, Kevin Mulligan
<kevin at teamindecisive.com> wrote:
> I disagree. I think the Wiki does a fine job listing the hardware in this
> case. I consider myself a normal user, very newb, don't know commands in
> Linux, use Windows, etc. To figure out the Wiki all you have to do is look
> up how to do it (Google or in the HelpContents), or look at the previous
> example of someone else doing it. I found it very easy to figure out in one
> or two tries. Yes, another system would be nice, but this one works pretty
> well too.

Normal for a Linux User maybe but to get Linux out of the Teche Getto
we need to make things as simple as possible for people.  I think you
will find the average Desktop/Windows user is fairly intimidated by
Wiki.  I find all the || rather confusing.  I would rather fill in a
form and press submit any day.

The other problem with Wiki is that is it not possible validate the
data - making it very easy to have inconsistencies.  I seem to
remember we already have some, i.e. DLink or D-Link.

Hope I have not upset anybody, I have previously been on the user list
and over there the idea that things should be as easy as possible
tends to get a great deal of support - I'me mainly on this list cos
its where documentation is being discussed.

Ben

> 
> --Kevin
> 
> 
> 
> Ben Edwards wrote: 
> I totaly agree, problem is it is not possible in the wiki. It needs a
webapp
> building. I think such a webapp whould be built and if it is
it will be
> another good reason for people to use Ubuntu (i.e. it is
easy to find which
> hw is supported).

I would offer to build in but I think a python solution
> would be
wanted - I would do it in PHP.

Ben

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:13:35
> +0200, Kristof Vansant <de_lupus at pandora.be> wrote:

> I was adding my hardware and I found it rather difficult to add
something. I
> mean for a normal user :)

I think it would be better to have a page where
> you have comboboxes with
all the vendors (if your vendor is not in the list
> you can add it) the
chipset, the driver etc.

when more hardware gets added
> the list gets to long, so maybe a search
engine is needed.

maybe a
> non-editable wiki page can be rendered from the little database
that gets
> created?

plus it should be possible to link a bugzilla and a ubuntu version
> to
the hardware.

http://wiki.ubuntulinux.org/HardwareSupport
> 

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